Don't Lose Hope posted: " "Pain is real; but so is hope." Oysters are highly vulnerable. They need their tough shell in order to survive. But they also need to eat - so they open up their shell. Yet this can pose a danger if a grain of sand gets in. For that becomes a s"
Oysters are highly vulnerable. They need their tough shell in order to survive. But they also need to eat - so they open up their shell.
Yet this can pose a danger if a grain of sand gets in. For that becomes a source of ongoing pain for them.
So how does the oyster respond to this?
It responds by gently wrapping translucent layers around the grain sand, around the source of suffering. In this way it transforms suffering into something beautiful. Into something that's exquisite, and that's highly valuable.
How does this relate to us?
Suffering's part of life for the oyster on the seabed; and suffering's part of life for all human being too. We experience disappointment. We experience grief and loss. We experience deep betrayal. We are hurt and traumatized.
Some of this, we put behind us; then we move on with our lives.
But some sorrows are too deep, and they must be sorted through.
Now that pain is part of us; it is part who we are.
For there's no way to return to that place of innocence.
The impact's too profound. It has changed us, deep inside.
But this is not the end of the story for us …
For we can begin to heal if we sort through all the pain. If we feel all the emotions, and we process all the mess.
There's a wisdom that can come from the sorrow we've embraced. Our capacity to live, and to give, is greater now.
For we've turned our greatest suffering into a precious pearl.
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